MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508271200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.35,-107.77 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -107.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 100 1 950 544 2 900 1022 3 850 1523 SFC 808 1961 20.9 6.4 39 14.5 12.0 154 7 312.5 313.9 293.3 335.7 7.47 5 800 2047 19.3 6.0 42 13.2 11.3 153 7 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.5 7.37 6 750 2596 13.8 4.4 53 9.4 8.3 143 8 311.6 312.9 292.6 333.3 7.01 7 700 3174 10.1 0.5 51 9.6 4.9 79 6 313.6 314.7 292.1 331.5 5.68 8 650 3785 5.4 -6.6 42 12.0 -0.2 56 13 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.7 3.59 9 600 4432 0.1 -8.2 54 8.3 -3.6 45 10 316.2 316.9 291.0 327.3 3.43 10 550 5123 -4.3 -10.7 61 6.4 -7.0 14 15 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.1 3.08 11 500 5869 -8.6 -11.2 82 2.5 -9.6 299 8 322.5 323.2 292.6 333.4 3.26 12 450 6678 -13.4 -15.9 81 2.5 -14.3 263 21 326.4 326.8 293.0 334.7 2.46 13 400 7564 -19.3 -26.5 53 7.2 -21.1 269 27 329.9 330.1 292.7 333.8 1.10 14 350 8542 -26.5 -47.0 13 20.5 -28.7 268 35 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.16 15 300 9640 -32.6 -61.6 4 29.0 -34.3 258 43 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 16 250 10905 -40.5 -62.6 8 22.1 -41.4 259 59 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.03 17 200 12394 -49.7 -74.1 4 24.4 -50.3 257 61 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14229 -59.6 -77.9 8 18.3 -59.7 246 30 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16706 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 216 15 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.52 m Freezing level: 598.92 mb = 4447.00 m = 14589.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.10 mb = 3757.92 m = 12329.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.45 % Est. max temperature: 23.10 C = 73.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 651.18 mb = 3769.57 m = 12367.22 ft T: 5.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 610.35 mb = 4293.72 m = 14086.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.16 C = 75.48 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5636.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 644.15 mb = 3857.73 m = 12656.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.4 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 329.4 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -80.7 tot: -79.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 55.26 m/s